vintage caps

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Miltown Malbay Irish Volunteers at the Square, Miltown, circa. 1914. The 1916Rising was two years away and the guerrilla war to follow began in 1921

 

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Kilfenora Training Camp 30th November 1921

This is a colourised version of our current cover image. It was a lost photo but fortunately found by Joe Ó Muircheartaigh a couple of years ago. The 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions on parade in Kilfenora, which was inspected by President Eamon de Valera, Richard Mulcahy Chief of Staff I.R.A. and Cathal Brugha Minister for Defence.

 

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Tony Jannus, the pilot of the very first commercial flight in history, on January 1, 1914.

 

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A pub in Liscannor, Co. Clare, date unknown

 

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Ireland in 1921

 

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from 1919:

 

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1941,
"Stockyard workers during lunch hour. Chicago, Illinois."

 

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from Shorpy: August 1941. "Defense worker who is on night shift. During the day he works on the new home which he is building. Detroit, Michigan."

 

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During the influenza out break of 1918

 

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During the influenza out break of 1918
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Can you get a Malayan tiger to wear one of those masks?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/05/us/tiger-coronavirus-new-york-trnd/index.html

 

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I thought I read somewhere that animals were immune to Covid

 

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I thought I read somewhere that animals were immune to Covid

That's obviously obsolete info now. Six big cats including 2 lions, 2 dogs & 1 domestic cat now have been confirmed or have symptoms of Covid-19.

 

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I love the vintage style caps, I had Gunner Foxx make me this 1930’s sky scraper inspired 8 panel flat cap